Sociology: Writing/References

ASA Style Guide

American Sociological Association. 2010. Style Guide. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association. (call number HM586.A54)

The 4th edition of the Style Guide, published by the American Sociological Association, is available on Reserve at the Check-out Desk, and in the Reference Collection (call number HM569 .A54 2010). 

Additional ASA Style Help:

• See the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) guide to American Sociological Association (ASA) style. 
  Open the link above. Open the <Research and Citation> link in the list, then the <ASA Style> link. The OWL links cover ASA style, including manuscript formatting, in-text citations, and formatting the references page.
• ASA Preparation Checklist for ASA Manuscripts (PDF)
  This is the instructions to authors to publish in ASA journals, with up-to-date examples from the ASA Style Guide (4th ed.).

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

APA Style is the set of guidelines and rules that the APA maintains for writing research papers and citing your sources in the social sciences. Sources cited in APA Style are called "References." All the guidelines, rules, and everything you want to learn about the APA citation style, you can find in:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). (2010). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Copies of the Manual are available in the library in Reserve (ask at the Check-out Desk), the Reference Collection (BF76.7 .P83 2010), and the Main Collection (BF76.7 .P83 2010). 

APA Style Help 

From the SUU Library choose Research then Research Guides:

• APA Reference list examples
• APA in-text citation example
• APA Style (American Psychological Association homepage)
• Research & Documentation Online (Diana Hacker)
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)